Operation Cauldron Mk. V Mod Project Post II
A few days ago I finally received the Mk. V Gas Mask I had been looking for. Fortunately enough, I was able to find one without the filter attached on to the hose, making the whole process of removing the hose much easier (and less heart-breaking). The unmodified Mask is displayed on the right while the modified variant can be observed below. After slowly peeling away the white gauze-like tape and unwinding the metal wire holding it in place I was able to pry off the hose wit
Operation Cauldron Mk. V Mod Project Post I
Hey guys, I'm finally back after quite a long hiatus. Today I will be writing about a project I am undergoing along with another collector and as you read in the title, this project involves the modification of a British Mk. V Gas Mask to create a Mask that was used throughout Operation Cauldron. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Operation Cauldron, it was a series of biological warfare trials carried out in the early 1950s by a number of scientists from Porton Down an
